Emotions ran high around Hull and East Yorkshire yesterday as thousands of teenagers found out if they had made the grade for the next big step in their lives.

After weeks of waiting, students at schools and colleges across the region found out whether they had done well enough in their A-levels and BTECs to secure their dream job, place at university or further education place.

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Many schools celebrated record levels of students passing their exams and achieving the top grades, including Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Bridlington School, Headlands School, Hornsea School & Language College, South Hunsley School, St Mary's College and Wilberforce Sixth Form College.

Of those schools and colleges who revealed their results, all of them on average had a 99 per cent pass rate – which is above this year’s national average of 97.9 per cent.